Improvement in joints for fishing-rods



lntd gieten WILSON J. HUBBARD, CF ANSONIA, CONNECTICUT.

Letters Patent No. 100,895, dated March 15, 1870.

IMPRQVBMENT 1N JoINTs PoR ffIsHING-R'ons.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame,

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that l, WILSON J. HUBBARD, of Ansonia, in the town of Derby,in the county of New Haven, and State of' Connecticut, have invented anew and useful Improvement in, Joints for Fishing- Rods or Poles; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the construction, character, and operation of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings which make part of thisspecification, in which- Figure l is a perspective view ot" both partsof the joint, the joint showing one knob through which'the line passes.

Figure 2 is a section of the same, cut longitudinally through thecenter, showing the relative positions of thetwo parts of the` joints,the screw which secures them together, and indicates the two portions ofthe pole.

My improvement consists in making the socket or `joint of two pieces,one to be secured to each part of the pole or rod, which two I secure toeach other by a screw in the center, so that the pole orrod may he takenapart or put together with the greatest convenience and yet with thegreatest strength when wanted for use. l

I make the two parts of the joint or socket ofGerman silver, or anyother suitable material, of a cylin-v drical form, substantially asindicated at A and B, in gs. -1 and 2, with a male screw on one part, asindicated at a, iig. 2, and a female screw in the other part, asindicated at bfg. 2, so that when the two parts are attached in thevproper way to the parts or portions of the pole or rod, they may bereadily united or disunited by meansof the screws a and b, as indicatedin fig. 2, so that all ofthe joints or partsof the pole or rod will besecure.

On the outside of one of the pieces or parts l tit a small knob, asrepresented at c, figs: l and 2, with a hole through it to receive theline, so that the line may extend from end to end .of the pole, and soconnect with the spool on the'handle part in a convenf ient nia-nner.

Having made the parts, as before described, I fitthe parts of thecylinder o1` socket, as A and B,

onto two adjoining parts of the pole or rod, and se ishing, hecanreadily turn the male screw a into the female screw I), and make thepole or rod one connected whole, in such acondition that it will be assecure as one stick, thus making it the most convenient to put together,and the iii-mest when united.

I am aware that sockets for forming joints have been secured together byscrews for telescopes, stovepipes, fishing-rods, canes, &c., toonumerous to mention. I therefore do not claim any of these devices, nordo I use them; but

W'hat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The combination ot' the two parts A and B of the cylinder or socket withthe pole, when the two parts are constructed and fitted to be united bythe male and female screws t and b, as herein described and set forth.

'WILSON J. HUBBARD.

Witnesses: Y

JOHN CAWELL, ELEANOR E. HoTeHKIss.

